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Posted May 3, 2004 - 14:26 PM
South Fremantle claimed the first bragging rights for the 2004 season when they were victorious over East Fremantle by 7 points in the first Fremantle Derby for the year at East Fremantle Oval this afternoon.
The final score saw South Fremantle 14.10.94 defeat East Fremantle 13.9.87.
The win was the fourth in a row for the Bulldogs.
At the first change, East Fremantle led by 3 points and by half time the Sharks remained in front, with their margin reduced to 2 points.
Scott Simister led the way in the first quarter for East Fremantle, kicking three goals for the term.
The start of the second quarter saw the Bulldogs put East Fremantle's defence under constant pressure and when South Fremantle scored the opening goal for the term, they hit the front by two points. A goal to Foster extended South's lead to nine points.
It wasn't until the 12 minute mark of the second term that the Sharks scored their first goal for the quarter, courtesy of Jason Morgan who slotted a major through from 40 metres.
Both teams traded goals throughout the remainder of the term, neither team able to string back-to-back goals together to take the ascendancy.
By half time, Scott Simister had kicked four goals for East Fremantle, while Ryan Murphy had two on the board for the Bulldogs.
Three consecutive goals to East Fremantle at the start of the third quarter, including two more to Simister, saw the Sharks stretch their lead out to 21 points, before South Fremantle managed to add to the last three goals of the term to reduce the margin back to 2 points in favour of the home team.
There was a five minute period in the third team where there was no movement on the scoreboard, and at times, play was scrappy and mistake ridden.
The fourth quarter saw teams go goal for goal and at the 24th minute mark, scores were level.
Joe McLaren kicked a behind to give the Bulldogs a one point lead and when Hayden North kicked his third goal for the quarter in the final minutes of the match, the Bulldogs were home by seven points.
East Fremantle would be disappointed to have lost, having had plenty of opportunities late in the final term to score.
Scott Simister was dominant in the East Fremantle forward line kicking 8 goals for the match, while for the Bulldogs, Hayden North kicked three for the day, all in the last quarter.
Best players for South Fremantle were Hayden North, who was a livewire in the forward line all day, Joe McLaren, who was South's best player, setting up many attacking moves across the half back line, and Matt Clucas, who was outstanding in the middle.
Kingsley Hunter, Stephen Dodd, Michael Collica and spearhead Scott Simister were among the best for East Fremantle.
SOUTH FREMANTLE 3-4 ; 6-7 ; 9-9 ; 14-10 (94)
EAST FREMANTLE 4-1 ; 7-3 ; 10-5 ; 13-9 (87)
GOALS
SOUTH FREMANTLE
